The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Thursday, August 22, 2019

April 7 - 9, 1972 Kim's Birthday Party


Friday, April 7, 1972

A cloudy dreary day. Betty worked on her safe. Got things into it. I done up regular work. Bill and I went to town. I washed some windows etc.



Saturday, April 8, 1972

A nice day on the cold side. I done up my work. Made a pie and cake. In early p.m. Carmen and Kim came up to stay while Betty and Walt gone to Portland for dinner and movie. Dorothea and Dave went with them. They had a very good time, nice dinner. They saw Zak in PM. He was so pleased to see them. I went down to the house or Betty’s with the kids after supper and got Pa’s supper. Stayed till Betty and Walt came home. Mike called and talked with me about his girls. I was so pleased to talk with him. He still loves his first family. Betty too. Carmen and Kim talked with him. He called to see how Kim was.



Sunday, April 9, 1972

A nice day, but on the cool side. I got up early, got my work done. Went to town in a.m. with Betty. The Thomases came about one, we had a roast pork dinner. Done up dishes etc. Down to Betty and Walt’s for Kimmy’s birthday on Wednesday the 12th, she will be six years old. Fern, Lloyd, Cliff, Esther, Billie, Dorothea, Dave, Jeff, Bill, Billie and me. We sure missed Zak. Kimmy had a good time, got a lot of nice gifts. Carmen had a touch of bronchial asthma. We did the hoola hoop.

Esther, Nanny, Pa and I







Swing those hips!

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